November 29, 2012
— Pixy Misa Good Morning.
I'll leave you with this until I post the news dump. A Belgian man finds out his wife of 19 years was born a man. No photos at the link. I'm sure they'll leak out as this story gets legs.
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Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 02:20 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:22 AM (YdQQY)
http://is.gd/KM7HrM
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:22 AM (YdQQY)
http://is.gd/b1YIOB
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:23 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at November 29, 2012 02:23 AM (6VQaF)
http://is.gd/acZnOp
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:24 AM (YdQQY)
Dead Spots
Scarlett Bernard can defuse supernatural forces, and Los AngelesÂ’s magical communities hide their existence by using her to scrub crime scenes of paranormal clues. But for one grizzly murder, she arrives late and reveals her agenda to detective Jesse Cruz, who strikes a deal with Bernard to solve the crime.
And thatÂ’s it for today. Not much out there except the BS fiscal cliff. I view that as manufactured news. They will go down to the wire and the Republicans will cave. Some things just never change.
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:24 AM (YdQQY)
Moral of the story? Do not assume your date/fiance/spouse has always been the gender as when you first met. Funny, evidently people DO change.
That they'd been married 19 years, perhaps not in bliss, may be the reason for divorce.
...
Political Science 201: Research and Analysis, goes on to ask students “to write and speak in a way that does not assume American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status, etc. to be the norm.” So "do not assume"... It doesn't say "disavow" or "disregard." It says do not assume. Do not assume that do not assume means more than do not assume. That's where the teacher failed. She didn't anticipate the way her message would be perceived by incoming students. She repelled this student. And there's the other irony: She was not — to use the word she seems to treasure — inclusive.
Posted by Ann Althouse, Nov. 28
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 02:25 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 29, 2012 02:27 AM (GVxQo)
So what is FnF's answer? Both sides must "give some". Isn't this the way it always works.
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:28 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 02:36 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 29, 2012 02:38 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 02:46 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Fritz at November 29, 2012 02:46 AM (d8K+M)
I have to disagree with Newt in one respect, the House is negotiating with itself as the President and the Donks have offered nothing specific other than they want current tax rates to remain for some people and lapse for others.
THAT IS IT. THEY HAVE OFFERED NOTHING AND THE GOP IS FALLING ALL OVER ITSELF TO GIVE AWAY THE STORE!
As eman has said, the GOP is a useless pile of junk.
LIB
Posted by: General Woundwort at November 29, 2012 02:46 AM (RrD4h)
Posted by: WarrenMuhfugginHarding at November 29, 2012 02:47 AM (y4eis)
You see we have to give because that is what bi-partisanship is, the donks get 100% of taxes and immediate spending the GOP get 100% of illusionary, at some non specific later date spending cuts.
It's heads they win, tails we lose.
EVERY DAMN TIME!
Posted by: General Woundwort at November 29, 2012 02:49 AM (RrD4h)
We will then address that budget deficit.
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:50 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 02:51 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 02:54 AM (XkWWK)
The UK deserves everything it is going to get from Kihadi Jim.
Posted by: Harlekwin15 at November 29, 2012 02:58 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 02:59 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 03:01 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:03 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:05 AM (XkWWK)
Yeah well Lurch will be too busy sucking off theterrs to do too much damage to Israel I suspect.
Posted by: Harlekwin15 at November 29, 2012 03:05 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: crisis du jour at November 29, 2012 03:08 AM (S7oZC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:10 AM (XkWWK)
Thanks for the news, Ben and Vic. It’s not your fault, Vic, but few things get me ticked off more than people writing “grizzly” when they mean “grisly.” Doesn’t Amazon have any editors to check these Kindle blurbs?
Anyway – morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. No time for anything but one quick story today. For a change of pace, it’s about the 19th century composer and pianist Franz Liszt:
At one time there was a young woman who had announced a piano recital in Berlin. Hoping to attract a large audience, she advertised herself as "a pupil of Liszt," even though she'd never laid eyes on him in her life. As youÂ’d expect, on the morning of her concert, the newspapers reported that Liszt was visiting the city. Knowing that she couldn't get away with her deception, she went to Liszt's hotel, asked to see him and, in tears, confessed everything.
Liszt asked her the names of the pieces she was planning to play; he chose one and asked her to perform. When she had finished, he sat down next to her and played the piece himself, going note by note with her and giving her notes on performance and interpretation.
"Now," he ordered when heÂ’d finished, "play it again."
So she did, taking to heart everything the composer had suggested. When she had finished, Liszt sat in silence for a long moment before standing, taking her hand and kissing it. "Now, my dear," he smiled, "for the rest of your life you can call yourself a pupil of Liszt."
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 03:11 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:12 AM (XkWWK)
So you have many many people running around with male parts, who are calling themselves females. And their partners call them female too, even though their female "friends" have more or less fully functional male parts.
It seems the opposite is less true, but the case on which the movie "Boys Don't Cry" is one of them. And it got her/him killed for it, so...
Posted by: BurtTC at November 29, 2012 03:14 AM (BeSEI)
Moral of the story? Do not assume your date/fiance/spouse has always been the gender as when you first met.
Rule number one: Always check for an adam's apple. Plastic surgury may be good, but it isn't THAT good.
Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at November 29, 2012 03:14 AM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Machines For Sale at November 29, 2012 03:16 AM (ccXZP)
I think Obama will continue to push Rice.
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 03:17 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:18 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at November 29, 2012 03:21 AM (feFL6)
They will just change the rules.
They changed the rules when Mitt was governor to prevent him from naming
a successor if Kerry won the Presidency.
Scott Brown caught them by surprise with the Kennedy seat.
They will just change the law.
The donsk have a super majority in the Mass Legislature and Governor.
Posted by: General Woundwort at November 29, 2012 03:22 AM (RrD4h)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 03:23 AM (9ScGj)
Look JJ I agree but the Donks seem set on waving their wang in America's face. Kerry. I understand about the revulsion towards jean Francois' treachery but they are stealing the nation from under us. Kerry is such an effete treacherous asshammer that he will alienate those he is trying to supplicate.
Pray for the nation, I do.
Posted by: Harlekwin15 at November 29, 2012 03:25 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 03:27 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: soothiewing plover at November 29, 2012 03:28 AM (hNqVf)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 03:33 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: sithkhan at November 29, 2012 03:33 AM (u9ths)
I know, stupid question. Don't answer it.
Posted by: ElKomandante at November 29, 2012 03:37 AM (yUV0V)
That's about the size of it. And you don't even have to nominate her, just toss her name out there and watch the willing accomplices in the R party to do their part, equal parts "outrage" over the thought of her being nominated, and falling over themselves to deny it has anything to do with her race or gender.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 29, 2012 03:38 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: soothiewing plover at November 29, 2012 03:39 AM (NI8Ku)
http://tinyurl.com/brlnhj7 (WUWT link)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 29, 2012 03:39 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 03:40 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Cricket at November 29, 2012 03:42 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 07:17 AM
There is already talk here in MA that a law will be passed allowing our "governor," Devil Patrick (a Choom Boy toe-sucker) to appoint a permanent Senator if John F'n Kerry gets the nod.
The state apparently had such a provision before, but it was changed when eeeeeevil Mutt Romney was in office. Only Democrats are allowed to rule heah!
Obama will push Rice because he will get away with it. Can you imagine the Senate not caving in to anything the Traitor-in-Chief wants? Naaaah.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at November 29, 2012 03:44 AM (yKUrR)
If I were Romney...
Obama: "Aren't you going to say anything?"
Romney: "You won. Own it."
{Romney gets up and leaves}
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 03:46 AM (UDfXZ)
Posted by: Vic at November 29, 2012 07:17 AM (YdQQY)
At least until the Republicans cave and approve her unanimously.
I feel like puking.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 03:47 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Miss Marple at November 29, 2012 03:48 AM (GoIUi)
If anything they are safer in their knowledge now, that even if they nominate a terrible candidate like Squaw Warren, they'll win.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 29, 2012 03:49 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Miss Marple at November 29, 2012 03:49 AM (GoIUi)
Poppin' Fresh and the rest of "conservative" eunuchs will applaud Teh Mutt's "statesmanship" and "fairness."
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at November 29, 2012 03:50 AM (yKUrR)
Posted by: Brett Favre at November 29, 2012 03:54 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at November 29, 2012 03:55 AM (cL1tz)
Nope. Special election baby!
MA changed that law in 2004 as a device to prevent (at the time) Gov Romney from appointing a replacement for Kerry had he won.
Brown won initially in a special election.
Every time the Dems try to cheat the system like this it blows up in their faces a few years later when circumstances change.
Too bad, so sad MA. SUCK MY BALLS. Own your stupidity.
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 03:55 AM (UDfXZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at November 29, 2012 03:55 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Reactionary at November 29, 2012 03:57 AM (hxCbF)
America is the goofy dame, holding court in the bar, drinking like a fish, hanging out with swarthy foreigners, not realizing nazi doom is about to walk in the door.....
Posted by: BurtTC at November 29, 2012 03:58 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:58 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 03:59 AM (XkWWK)
Romney is also one of those people who respects the office.
In my opinion, he should go but say very little. Obama says this is closed press so I imagine this lunch is purely for Obama to do the following things:
1. Gloat in Romney's face.
2. Attampt to pick his brain for ideas which he will make sure NOT to do since he is not interested in fixing the economy but destroying the nation.
3. Attempt to bully him into taking some chairmanship position so that Obama can blame him.
I say again, if I were Mitt Romney I would move all of my assets and family to Singapore. Obama hates him and won't be happy until he is destroyed.
Posted by: Miss Marple at November 29, 2012 03:59 AM (GoIUi)
… [W]e propose to call this practice ‘after-birth abortion’, rather than ‘infanticide,’ to emphasize that the moral status of the individual
killed is comparable with that of a fetus Â… rather than to that of a child. Therefore, we claim that killing a newborn could be ethically
permissible in all the circumstances where abortion would be. Such circumstances include cases where the newborn has the potential to have an
(at least) acceptable life, but the well-being of the family is at risk."
These are the people we fight. There can be no accommodation with monsters who could think this evil...much less act on it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 03:59 AM (GsoHv)
Burn it down.
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 04:02 AM (UDfXZ)
ALWAYS look at the hands! In 98 to 99% of males (human) the ring finger is longer than the index finger but the reverse is true for the female hand.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at November 29, 2012 04:02 AM (OOML8)
http://lisztomania.wikidot.com/liszt-as-teacher
All of Liszt's teaching was done gratisOver four hundred in his lifetime, a variety of different nationalities: American, Austrian, Belgian, Bohemian, British, Canadian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Monacan, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, and Turkish (Walker 249-52) Walker points out that the definition of “pupil” may be varied - could be constant or could be a one-time deal (Walker, "Liszt as Teacher," Grove)Student August Stradel tells a story about walking with Liszt and hearing a piece of Liszt’s being played poorly. Liszt knocked on the door and showed the young woman playing the piece some passages, working with her a bit. A week later Gille went to visit Liszt and told him that the woman had put a sign on her door: “H.J., pupil of Franz Liszt.” (Stradel, in Burger 295) Fay describes her first soiree with Liszt. The new students were gathered together sharing a meal when they were suddenly called upon to play. Fay hoped to slip out because she had not had access to a piano for a week but was followed by Liszt and asked, “Mademoiselle vous jouerez quelque-chose, n'est-ce pas?” or “Mademoiselle you play something, no?” Fay decided to play the A flat major Ballade of Chopin. Liszt called out “Bravo” numerous times throughout the performance. When Fay accounts other people playing for Liszt in Weimar he often called out accolades such as this. Upon finishing he often gave minor corrections and compliments. Rarely did he show his students how to play a piece. (Fay, 209) As Fay’s time went on with Liszt the classes increased in size from five students to closer to a dozen and then to twenty students at a time. With the class size increase the length of lessons increased.
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 04:03 AM (BAnPT)
OK, just popping in for a quick rhetorical question - just WTF is Romney meeting with the Kenyan dog-eating coke-snorter for? Since TFG and his surrogates did everything up to and including allegations that Romney molested his own daughters, the only reason I would go to a meeting (were I him) would be to get close enough to punch that asshole's teeth down his throat before the SS could grab me.
I said it yesterday - Ann Barnhardt insisted before the election that Romney had been promised a cabinet or cabinet-level post if he threw the election. Shit like this only makes me think she's right on the ball.
Let me just repeat this again, to get the boiling rage out of my system - why the fuck is any Republican giving that Indonesian Imbecile the time of day for? WTF, people?!?
Now back to work and attempting to swallow my bile.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 04:04 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 29, 2012 04:05 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 04:06 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Icedog at November 29, 2012 04:08 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 04:08 AM (1V6Pv)
**
like a dog to its vomit
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 04:08 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 04:10 AM (XkWWK)
**
As if we don't already see where their loyalties are. The rest, punitive.
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 04:12 AM (BAnPT)
I know, stupid question. Don't answer it.
Posted by: ElKomandante at November 29, 2012 07:37 AM (yUV0V)
But I know how to raise taxes. I don't have a clue about how to do anything else!
Posted by: Barky Ochooma (Redistributor of YOUR Wealth) at November 29, 2012 04:12 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 04:13 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Cricket at November 29, 2012 04:14 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 04:14 AM (I2LwF)
Take a really extreme position and advocate that abortion should be legal until the third trimester of college!
Based on some of today's students, this has a certain appeal!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at November 29, 2012 04:15 AM (Cnqmv)
Why not any time before they cry?
Why not before they're wrapped in a blanket?
Why not before they're taken home?
Some societies allow whacking an unsatisfactory kid up until they're about 4-5 years old. They believe that's when the child gets it soul.
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 04:16 AM (UDfXZ)
Re: the sidebar article about starving babies in hospitals.
If the Obamacare monstrosity stands, I hope John Roberts' soul gets charged by the Creator for every single person who is put on a death pathway to save money.
Posted by: kallisto at November 29, 2012 04:16 AM (jm/9g)
My thoughts on abortion followed a similar path, and my bet is that many of us had the same experience.
This speaks to the lack of respect for life in general that we are surrounded by. It takes intellectual and emotional effort to break the hold of the liberal mindset.
But....allowing a baby to die in such a horrible way is beyond politics. It is evil -- pure, unadulterated evil.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 04:16 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Al at November 29, 2012 04:17 AM (V70Uh)
They have their customs...and we have ours.
They murder toddlers....and we hang murderers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 04:18 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 04:18 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 04:19 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 29, 2012 04:20 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 04:20 AM (UDfXZ)
Posted by: Al at November 29, 2012 08:17 AM (V70Uh)
I think it is worse than that. It is about punishing those able to produce, even if the regulations, taxation, and costs prevent them from actually producing anything.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at November 29, 2012 04:20 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 29, 2012 04:20 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 29, 2012 08:20 AM (JDIKC)
Such a beautiful way with words...
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 04:21 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 29, 2012 04:21 AM (5DR1j)
In the Ken Russell version the piano lesson would be given to her in the nude and culminate with an orgy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073298/
Posted by: epobirs at November 29, 2012 04:21 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 04:22 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 08:08 AM (BAnPT)
Are you referring to me or Barnhardt?
In any event, Romney could - and should - decline, in a public press conference where every little smear, lie and outright Chicago thug piece of business Barky indulged in during the campaign is produced, with accompanying audio, video and charts. Then Romney could say "I am always happy to give my advice to any president of whichever party asks for it. However, this man, as I have shown, has so degraded the office of President of the United States that I cannot, in good conscience, offer advice to someone who has proven themselves such a dishonest, race-baiting, rabble-rousing demagogue, nor will I offer any further statement to you, his paid operatives pretending to be honest journalists."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 04:22 AM (zF6Iw)
(Sorry, more crabby today than usual if that's even possible).
Posted by: jeannebodine at November 29, 2012 04:23 AM (48+2q)
Why didn't Paul Ryan just stand up and leave during that speech in which Obama insulted him?
Why is Mitt Romney going to the WH today?
I would NEVER honor Obama with my presence.
"Get off my lawn!"
Posted by: Al at November 29, 2012 04:25 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 04:26 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at November 29, 2012 04:27 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at November 29, 2012 04:28 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 04:29 AM (UDfXZ)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 29, 2012 04:30 AM (CofEF)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 04:30 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 04:30 AM (v8RoL)
It would be to make him a scapegoat for the failure. Imagine the blame that could be shoveled on Romney were he to accept something like SecTreasury
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 04:32 AM (UDfXZ)
Its been too long since we had a revolution or civil war. People think America is immune.
Well, it would be the logical conclusion of the political tactic of purposeful division such as we've witnessed from this administration.
Mornin', y'all.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 29, 2012 04:32 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 04:34 AM (46qC3)
For charity, y'all.
Posted by: Fritz at November 29, 2012 04:34 AM (/ZZCn)
I second the waterboarding strategy.
Posted by: Miss Marple at November 29, 2012 04:34 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Museisluse at November 29, 2012 04:35 AM (SsWgR)
**
Paul Craig Roberts, btw not representative of the Bush legacy.
Scan the who's who list that illustrates the neoconservative GOP conversion, a clarification of Hannity's "Reagan conservative" definition since Reagan's administration may well have represented GWHBush more than himself, especially following the assassination attempt.
http://tinyurl.com/bvrzr29
For every Samuel Alito there's a John Roberts or two (or three).
Elliot Abrams, Oliver North, John Poindexter, etc.
Peggy Noonan's claim to fame while working for Vice President GHW Bush, coined phrases "a kinder, gentler nation," "a thousand points of light," and "Read my lips: no new taxes."
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 04:35 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 04:36 AM (v8RoL)
Mahhhhty MEEEEan? He's a Democrat alright. But "credible" is really gilding the lily.
"Risible" would be a better term.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 29, 2012 04:39 AM (sbV1u)
Here's what I think Romney should advise Obama and immediately hold a press conference stating his plan.
1 Sunset the the Bush tax rates on the wealthy, but define wealthy as $500k or even a million. This satisfies the BS "Everyone should pay their fair share" line the Dems have put at the forefront of their policy.
Next - leave in place tghe 8% across spending cuts.
The Dems get next to nothing on this deal. Those tax cuts on the wealthy added up to $80 Billion per year.. peanuts.
And we get 8% reduction spending in exchange.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 29, 2012 04:40 AM (+xu7N)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 04:40 AM (v8RoL)
I have no doubt that Obama would threaten the family. All of the sons are in business; it's possible the IRS has been pouring over records looking for something to use.
We are not dealing with normal politicians here. It's wise to remember this.
Posted by: Miss Marple at November 29, 2012 04:40 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Al Pacino at November 29, 2012 04:41 AM (ZOf1l)
"Risible" would be a better term.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 29, 2012 08:39 AM (sbV1u)
Risible? Using big words like that this early in the morning is a good way to get mushroom stamped Bannion. Just sayin.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 04:41 AM (da5Wo)
Didn't TFG say he was going to add a "secretary of Business"? Would Romney turn him down or say yes due to his respect for the office and sense of duty?
That'd just be another move to make him look bad, which is all that a community organizer knows how to do.
If it were me, I'd accept the position. Then, after a few weeks of meetings with the usual Prog Gang of Idiots, I'd call a press conference with as many reporters as I could, stand in front of a gigantic whiteboard and explain to the world just how capitalism is supposed to work.
At the end, I'd say how TFG's policies are ruining the economy, then resign.
But that's just me.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 29, 2012 04:42 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Miss Marple at November 29, 2012 04:43 AM (GoIUi)
Stick with me kid, I'll make sure you get the education you missed.
IYKWIMAITTYD.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 29, 2012 04:45 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at November 29, 2012 04:45 AM (Cnqmv)
Good morning, friends.
First time I've been in here since the election.
Needed to not think about politics for a while.
I'd stick my head up every once in a while and see headlines about Petraeus and Elmo doing naughty things and then I'd go hide again.
I've been watching X-Files on Netflix. It's a more pleasant world with less gov't craziness, comparatively.
Posted by: Mama AJ at November 29, 2012 04:45 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 04:46 AM (46qC3)
Morning, all!
Regarding the sidebar story about infanticide in Britain, the only comfort I draw from that story is that the people responsible will be shocked and disbelieving when they find themselves roasting in Hell upon their deaths. They are evil, cruel, despicable individuals. This is not ancient Greece. We do not leave children on the side of a mountain to die of exposure, and we certainly don't allow them to DIE OF THIRST.
This quote is especially galling:
The doctor wrote: ‘They wish for their child to die quickly once the feeding and fluids are stopped. They wish for pneumonia. They wish for no suffering. They wish for no visible changes to their precious baby.
‘Their wishes, however, are not consistent with my experience. Survival is often much longer than most physicians think; reflecting on my previous patients, the median time from withdrawal of hydration to death was ten days.
Their "precious baby," eh? Tell me, parents and doctors -- have you ever seen a child suffering from starvation? Dehydration? Just look at some of those flyers from so-called "aid" organizations in Africa. Tell me now, do you think they were born looking like shrunken corpses with toast rack chests? Or do you think the lack of sustenance and fluids is what caused it? Then I ask you, how much more severe and quick do you think those changes will be in a newborn infant?
Ignorant, stupid, evil people. You know what? At least the Spartans abandoned their unwanted children to the elements, meaning that death was probably fairly quick. A wolf or bear wandering along that comes upon an unprotected human infant is going to have a good dinner. It's horrible but quick. THESE people simply stand around and watch these babies SUFFER. For WEEKS.
There are no words.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 04:46 AM (4df7R)
**
You're right about that.
Still, I doubt that being closer to the threat alleviates the threat in any way. It isn't as if Obama keeps promises, respects rule of law or honors contract law.
So, like a dog to his vomit. Just how low can compromising Mitt go. Need one ask? Politics. Even the threat provides cover.
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 04:46 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 04:47 AM (v8RoL)
IYKWIMAITTYD.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at November 29, 2012 08:45 AM (sbV1u)
I've seen the reports on the education system.
No way!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 04:47 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 04:47 AM (1V6Pv)
I have no doubt that Obama would threaten the family. All of the sons are in business; it's possible the IRS has been pouring over records looking for something to use.
To which Mitt's response should be, "who the fuck do you think you are, asshole? You ain't Chavez yet." Then full-court press conference outside the White House detailing TFG's blackmail attempt, ending - "so just keep an eye on my business ventures and those of my sons. If any federal agents decide they need to see my books, they'd better have made out their wills first."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 04:48 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 04:48 AM (v8RoL)
Get the fuck out! ...seriously? Is he in Alabama or Mississippi?
Or in Diana??? Oh. The brother cop not the guy making out in the car. Never mind.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 04:49 AM (jPVBi)
LOL! Less gov't craziness?!?! That show's main story arc, leading into the first movie, was about how the gov't made a deal with the aliens to save themselves while leaving the rest of the earth's population to die as hosts for the alien virus.
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2012 04:49 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 04:49 AM (da5Wo)
153 I've been watching X-Files on Netflix. It's a more pleasant world with less gov't craziness, comparatively.
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LOL! Less gov't craziness?!?! That show's main story arc, leading into the first movie, was about how the gov't made a deal with the aliens to save themselves while leaving the rest of the earth's population to die as hosts for the alien virus.
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2012 08:49 AM (GQ8sn)
Your point is?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 04:50 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2012 08:49 AM (GQ8sn)
I'm pretty sure that's exactly Mama AJ's point. Ne?
Also, welcome back, Mama! We've missed you.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 04:51 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 04:52 AM (zF6Iw)
Chi-Town, that sounds MISERABLE. I hope you're able to make a quick and complete recovery and get out of that place sooner rather than later.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 04:53 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 29, 2012 04:53 AM (5DR1j)
Aww, that's right, AllenG. You went home sick yesterday, right? How are you doing today?
Too many 'rons and 'ronettes have been sick lately! Everyone load up on vitamin C.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 04:55 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 08:52 AM (zF6Iw)
"You have nothing to fear from a President Obama!"
Any Repub that doesn't insist on his own videographer recording any session with Obama or the MFM is insane!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at November 29, 2012 04:55 AM (Cnqmv)
Get well soon, Chi-Town. Sending prayers your way. And dittoes on the welcome back, Mama.
Now I really have to go. Hanging around here is the reason I can't get work done!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 29, 2012 04:56 AM (zF6Iw)
Yeh, I was being silly. Or was I???
Missed y'all. Well, not you, but the rest of you.
Jerry, hope you feel better soon.
Posted by: Mama AJ at November 29, 2012 04:56 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 04:57 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 04:58 AM (v8RoL)
He would be searched before he got to the meeting and they'd take it away anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 08:58 AM (v8RoL)
He could put his iPhone in his pocket and simply leave the line open to be recorded elsewhere. Obumfuck's too stupid to work a smartphone; he'd never clue what was happening.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 04:59 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 04:59 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 05:00 AM (4df7R)
And I forgot - go into any meeting with the Kenyan Klown wired up more than a border fence. Make sure you get everything on tape. Mitt's got enough money to hire the best, doesn't he?
Good ideas, both, MPPPP.
What bugs me about this little lunch date is, it makes TFG look like the good guy. And the MFM and LIV's will lap it up. Mitt's backed into a corner, as was noted upthread, and the inherent weakness in any GOP candidate prevents any type of cogent response.
They (teh Progs) are evil geniuses. Or genii. Or something.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 29, 2012 05:00 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 08:34 AM (46qC3)
In 1995 Romania's abortion rate was 212% of live births.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at November 29, 2012 05:00 AM (OOML8)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 05:01 AM (74T7W)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first at November 29, 2012 08:46 AM (4df7R)
__
I know, that is what is especially frightening, that the medical personnel are witnessing this atrocity on a regular basis.
The naievete of the parents is somewhat understandable, that they trust the doc who says the baby will die a peaceful death. But then what happens, after verdict is rendered: do the parents just say goodbye to their child and think he'll be in the next world by tomorrow's sunrise? Don't they ask afterwards, "when did my son die?" If they are told, "oh it took ten days for little Aidan to expire", then don't they wonder if he suffered?
Young women are so trusting of doctors. I recall talking to a mom who told me she aborted her five month gestated baby on the advice of a doc who assured her the baby wouldn't feel pain. And yet it still must have haunted her because she asked me, "you don't think the procedure hurt the baby, do you?"
Posted by: kallisto at November 29, 2012 05:02 AM (jm/9g)
If I were Romney...
Obama: "Aren't you going to say anything?"
Romney: "You won. Own it."
{Romney gets up and leaves}
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 07:46 AM (UDfXZ)
Mitt should say, So who are going to blame for the next four years?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 29, 2012 05:02 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 29, 2012 05:02 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: whiskey tango at November 29, 2012 05:03 AM (JvP2I)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2012 05:04 AM (v8RoL)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 29, 2012 05:05 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 05:06 AM (74T7W)
... points to Politico story ...
Listen to top Democrats and Republicans talk on camera, and it sounds like they could not be further apart on a year-end tax-and-spending deal – a down payment on a $4 trillion grand bargain.But behind the scenes, top officials who have been involved in the talks for many months say the contours of a deal – including the size of tax hikes and spending cuts it will likely contain — are starting to take shape.
Cut through the fog, and here’s what to expect: Taxes will go up just shy of $1.2 trillion — the middle ground of what President Barack Obama wants and what Republicans say they could stomach. Entitlement programs, mainly Medicare, will be cut by no less than $400 billion - and perhaps a lot more, to get Republicans to swallow those tax hikes. There will be at least $1.2 trillion in spending cuts and “war savings.” And any final deal will come not by a group effort but in a private deal between two men: Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The two men had what one insider described as a short, curt conversation Wednesday night — but the private lines of communications remain very much open.
Considering that Democrats voted for the Affordable Care Act's $716 billion in cuts to Medicare, no less than $400 billion sounds like a blame shifting exercise.
Couple that to the note in the story:
(Also on POLITICO: Confident Obama sees path to fiscal cliff win)
... anybody can see that there is a Republican "butt-fucking" ahead.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 29, 2012 05:06 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: rockmom at November 29, 2012 05:08 AM (qe2/V)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 29, 2012 08:57 AM (XkWWK)
"Son, we've decided it's simply too much of a financial and emotional hardship to put you through college AND pay for your insurance AND for your credit cards and cell phone service. So we're going to have to put you down."
"What?!? But-!"
"I'm sorry, son, but your continued existence is just too much of a threat to our fiscal and emotional health. So the money we would have used to pay your first year's tuition in college is going to go toward a year-long cruise around the world for your father and I. That will be much more enriching than spending that money on you, and will bolster our emotional, intellectual and spiritual health. Because let's face it, dear -- you were never the brightest bulb on the family tree. You'll doubtless wash out of college after spending two years high on marijuana and Jell-O shots, and then be lucky to find a steady job managing the local Denny's."
"But... I have dreams..."
"You know, that's EXACTLY what your father said when we were going over the cruise brochures! 'I've always dreamed of visiting Kyoto,' he said, so we're going to take the Asian Extravaganza voyage. Now be a good boy and don't fuss. This is for the best."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 05:08 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: DangerGirl - feeling empty at November 29, 2012 05:09 AM (crLRi)
Somehow seems appropriate.
http://tinyurl.com/dxvkl8x
Posted by: Tonto Jokes by ?Franklin? Ajai at November 29, 2012 05:10 AM (Xefrb)
-- Cowboy Poet, Harry Reid
With a trillion dollar deficit, you already have huge credit.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 29, 2012 05:11 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 09:01 AM (74T7W)
Considering being a devout Christian in England is enough to have your children taken away for child abuse, I'm going to guess the answer is no.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the Mayans, whichever comes first [/i][/b] at November 29, 2012 05:11 AM (4df7R)
"Son, we've decided it's simply too much of a financial and emotional hardship to put you through college AND pay for your insurance AND for your credit cards and cell phone service. So we're going to have to put you down."
Much snorfling.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at November 29, 2012 05:16 AM (lOmbq)
Posted by: rockmom at November 29, 2012 05:19 AM (qe2/V)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:59 AM (GsoHv)
ugh, I know, It's so evil.
one day a woman goes in and has a babay, Yaaay!
the same day a woman at the same gestation with a viable human goes in and has an abortion , blob of parasitical tissue!
Posted by: willow at November 29, 2012 05:23 AM (hX8cq)
Posted by: toby928© says The Ukraine is weak at November 29, 2012 05:26 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: willow at November 29, 2012 05:27 AM (hX8cq)
And I'm home sick today. I've actually been sick since Sunday, and it just won't go away. Hopefully I can get to my doctor today.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 29, 2012 05:27 AM (5DR1j)
A smart phone is an incredibly flexible bugging device in the hands of someone who recognizes its capability. Its smaller and last longer than the high grade spook shit from 30 years ago.
The only way to have a guaranteed private conversation these days is naked on a raft about a mile off shore.
Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 05:30 AM (UDfXZ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit, rooting for SMOD or the
Mayans, whichever comes first at November 29, 2012 09:08 AM (4df7R)
THAT's what I'm talking about!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at November 29, 2012 05:30 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2012 05:36 AM (49lPc)
**
The Secretary of Commerce already exists. IF Romney had credibility, he would not have promoted the newest and redundant addition to the Cabinet. Romney's opportunistic and incorrect response proves he's NOT such an efficiency expert, certainly not by growing the federal government.
Through Pres. Taft's administration, that Cabinet Office conjoined Commerce AND Labor. Of course, Wilson segregated the two. And now Obama would duplicate Commerce with Business. Romney is Obamalite.
/The American voter's vocabulary no longer includes "commerce"? But "commercial," yes. So what to make of words, just words? From commerce through commercial to propaganda? Ministry of Propaganda made official. Or commerce become global corporate, made official./
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 05:39 AM (BAnPT)
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Or Reaganlite - Veterans Affairs
Or Bushlite - Homeland Security
Every President wants to create at least one new department. It allows them to demonstrate their concern about some group or other. Obama is incompetent or he would have some more already.
Posted by: RioBravo at November 29, 2012 05:47 AM (eEfYn)
-- Just finished the BBC miniseries, "Rome" and reflecting on the first Caesar, how after conquering continents, the Republic perhaps inevitably became Empire. [Perhaps such occurred as well in the USA after Manifest Destiny by the time of Eisenhower's warning.]
Whereas Caesar respected the meaning of words, Caesar "earned" his way up the ladder of leadership. There is no "comparison" except to illustrate the authentic against the inauthentic between Caesar and Obama, as Tyrant/Dictator and the dissolution of our Constitutional Republic as such.
Caesar loved Rome, HIS Rome. Obama can not boast any characteristic parallel virtue with Caesar. Caesar did not make Rome the servant of the globe, never ordered his legions to conquer a territory on behalf of another nation/empire. Caesar never taxed Romans in order to provide "nation building" infrastructure and "democracy" for other nations/empires.
The conversion from Republic into Empire was really Pompeius' fault, and ironically, the subsequent fault of Caesar's assassins. After his murder, they spawning at least five civil wars, leaving nothing of the Republic. Caesar was an extremely effective leader, balancing judgment for Rome's benefit, himself included, of course. It was he, after all, who made all provinces "Roman" so the inhabitants could enjoy citizenship and equality as Romans, unlike previous denigration. 'If breaking the law, only for power; otherwise obey.' So long as in Caesar's hand, his transformations would have worked, and perhaps been temporary (as needs required) when, for instance, he mandated the magistrates be his appointments rather than the peoples' elected since he had to leave Rome to war while governing.
The New International Encyclopedia: Cæsar, Gaius Julius
"Meanwhile, Pompeius, whose vanity could not endure the greatness of Cæsar, had been gradually inclining again to the aristocracy, whose dread of the new conqueror was hourly increasing. After much futile diplomatic finesse on all sides, the Senate carried a motion “that Cæsar should disband his army by a certain day; and that if he did not do so he should be regarded as an enemy of the State.” The tribunes Marcus Antonius and Q. Cassius put their veto on this motion; but they were violently driven out of the Senate chamber, and, fearing for their lives, they fled to Cæsar's camp. The Senate, in the madness of their terror, now declared war, and intrusted the conduct of it to Pompeius, whose pride in the invincibility of his military prowess hindered him from taking the necessary measures for the defense of the State."
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 05:56 AM (BAnPT)
...
Perhaps that applies to the late-20th century Presidential penchant to increasingly name "Czars" since FDR, avoiding Congressional approval to boot.
But as to creating at least one new department, which requires Congressional approval via legislation, no one will top George W. Bush with the unconstitutional, unaffordable and completely incompetent DHS and Patriot Act. [Ex: Benghazi, just how effective is this "shared intelligence" top heavy Department--not.]
As to claiming MORE legislation (requiring more taxation not to mention more regulation) as reason to admire a politician, that's ass backwards.
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 29, 2012 06:04 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at November 29, 2012 06:06 AM (2xUf0)
Posted by: Ed Anger at November 29, 2012 06:41 AM (tOkJB)
We got undressed It was a big 'ol mess SHEENA was a Man!
Posted by: Ton Loc at November 29, 2012 07:43 AM (qL20/)
Posted by: Dave at November 29, 2012 01:40 PM (v2Cb9)
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Posted by: billygoat at November 29, 2012 02:09 AM (CfGGV)